Building Footprints Across Haiti for Urban Planning and Damage Assessment

Building footprints across Haiti, tagged from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-06-19.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess building damage after a disaster based on footprint changes.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on existing building locations.
• Analyze the distribution of critical facilities like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Data is openly available under the ODbL-1.0 license.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON, HTML).
• Sourced from a collaborative, community-driven mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas sparse.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias based on volunteer mapper activity.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer collaborative mapping.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 10:41:36.229970.

Geography

Haiti